Wednesday, June 14, 2006

The Footie

Spain's taking the whole tortilla.

All that choking talk is pretty old, and the team I watched today taking a 4-0 drubbing to Ukraine was quite capable of administering a whuppin' on Germany, Brazil, or any other powerhouse you care to name. Spain's third goal, on the controversial red-card award in the penalty box, was patent bullshit, but the fourth was as nice a football lesson as you could hope the youngsters to witness.

I'll defend this thesis to the death (or until the Spaniards choke like dogs).

Germany-Poland. Jesus. Two direct shots on goal in one second bounce off the crossbar. Heart attacks in the streets of Danzig. Looks like Poland has (have?) dodged a Howitzer shell, and then in the 90th minute -- boom. I don't know what the streets of Dortmund look like tonight, but it can't be pretty.

Missed the Saudi-Tunisia game (a recuperatin' fella has to nod off, Jimmy-Stewart-style, for a couple hours sometime during the long, hot afternoon of the soul) but I'm sorry I did.

And I get to do it all over again tomorrow: Ecuador-Costa Rica; England- Trindad & Tobago; Sweden-Paraguay. Timed that surgery just right, I did.

7 comments:

I agree about Spain. I've always liked watching them and the team I saw this morning (got up a 5:00 to see it before work, over here in Pacific time) was the best play I've seen in the first sixteen games.

Blimey! Hip surgery and then watching England's dismal performance against Trinidad & Tobago - talk about kicking a chap when he's down. I hope the medication had kicked in for that match, Ned; at least you could have snoozed through it. .England to go out in the next round thanks to another dismal performance against a team they should, by rights, beat 10-0 on a bad day. Hey, I'm not unpatriotic, I'm realistic. The Argies or Brazilians for the cup as per usual..wygrodh - Scorer of Croatia's first goal of the tournament.